Classical, blues and jazz for the weekend

Available for 26 days

Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music. Today, Jools's choices include music by Nikolai Kapustin, Francesco Geminiani and Tiny Grimes, with performances by Nicola Benedetti, The Nash Ensemble and Slim Harpo. His guest is the actress Rachael Stirling who discusses her new memoir about her mother, Diana Rigg, and introduces some of the music she loved best, including Faure, Wolf-Ferrari, Vaughan Williams and Louis Armstrong. To listen on most smart speakers just say, 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Earlier with Jools Holland'.